Heaven Gallery

Empty Cage Quartet, Chen/Hess Duo, m, Marina Peterson, & Joe Mills

Chen/Hess duo (Jonathan Chen, violin; and Steven Hess, drums & electronics) will perform a set of free improvisation joined on occasion by special guests (tba).

m is composer Jonathan Chen’s newest project. m’s set will consist of two of his latest compositions: Patterns of Affect & To Be Continued. Instrumentation consists of Chen on banjo, electronics, guitar, & violin; Jamie Kempkers on cello; Joe Mills on hurdy-gurdy; and Music Box playing itself. While the music in this project is experimental, it is not improvised (although there are indeterminate elements). The compositional material usually involves pointillism rather than traditional melody and is often repetitive with either slight or no variation. m is currently working on a recording for later release.

Marina Peterson presents improvised sonic explorations on the cello; sometimes acoustic, sometimes amplified.

Joe Mills’ set will involve layering and manipulating feedback generated with tape recorders, a telephone, and a hearing aid; shaping it with electronics and a phonograph horn

$10

This is also the birth day of Ludwig Van Beethoven. He would be 237 years old.

Les Folies d’Espagne- Marin Marais
Jennifer Swanson, flute

Sonata No. 28 in A Major, op. 101- Ludwig Van Beethoven
III. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto
IV. Allegro
Mabel Kwan, piano

Three Fantastic Dances- Dmitri Shostakovich
Stephen Hill, piano

INTERMISSION

Suite No. 2 for Solo Cello- Johann Sebastian Bach
I. Prelude
III. Allemande
Fabiana Aiko Mino, cello

Trois pieces breves- Jacques Ibert
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Assez lent

Aires Tropicales- Paquito D’Rivera
4. Vals Venezolano
6. Contradanza
Eliza Bangert, flute; Amaris Carlson, oboe; Carmen Izzo, clarinet; Erin Koertge, horn; Matt Lano, bassoon

Tonight's Protest Heaven will feature 2 sets of "The Improvisation Pool" with musicians:
Fred Lonberg-Holm - Cello
Dave Rempis - Saxophones
Jaimie Branch - Trumpet
Jorrit Dijkstra - Reeds and more
James Falzone - Clarinet
Jason Roebke - Bass

The evening will consist of shorter duos, trios, and quartets and culminate in a longer, large group setting.

Not to be missed.

Weasel Walter, Jeb Bishop, Jaimie Branch, Jeff Kimmel @ HEAVEN GALLERY, 10 PM, Friday Dec. 28th

Weasel Walter of the Flying Luttenbachers.

Jeb Bishop of the Globe Unity Orchestra.

Jaimie Branch of the Indecisives.

Jeff Kimmel of Holsum.

SET 1:
Weasel Walter + Jeb Bishop

SET 2:
WW, Jeb, Jaimie Branch, Jeff Kimmel

Not to be missed.

$10 donation.

Marci Cole does Yoga in Heaven.
This is the last week she will be doing donation yoga on Mondays.
Starting next week she will be doing donation yoga on Tuesdays instead of Mondays.

1st set - david boykin's expanse - 'round 10:30 till 11:30 - nicole mitchell-flute, jim baker-keyboards, josh abrams-bass, marcus evans-drumset, david boykin-sax and vocals

2nd set - right at midnight - micro/macrocosmic - confirmed; jayve montgomery-saxophone and more, rob pleshar-tuba, david boykin drumset, and everybody else that comes and wants to play -

if you can bring extra instruments/noise/music makers for audience.

$15 includes Champagne toast at Midnight.

This harp duo is in Chicago for a brief stint to do two performances, one of which Heaven Gallery is proud to be hosting. Their youthful energy and enchantingly beautiful sound is something not to be missed.

For more information on the duo:

www.parisharpduo.com

The Paris Harp Duo Presents an All-French Program
Presented by the Heaven Gallery Classical Series- January 2nd, 7:00pm

The Paris Harp Duo will present a special program of French Music for harp duet and solo harp on Wednesday, January 2nd, 7pm at the Heaven Gallery, 1550 N. Milwaukee, slightly southeast of the Milwaukee/North/Damen intersection in Wicker Park.
The program for harp duo will feature Bernard Andres’ “Parvis” and “Jardin des Paons,” Jean-Michel Damase’s “Sonatine,” Cesar Franck’s “Prelude, Fugue, and Variations,” and Maurice Ravel’s “Mother Goose Suite.” Harp solos will be Marcel Tournier’s “Image” played by Marta Power and local composer Wes Alexander’s “Limberlost: The Life of the Birdwoman” played by Elizabeth Jaxon. The latter piece was originally written for and premiered by Ms Jaxon.
Tickets, which include a post-concert reception, will be sold at the door for a suggested donation of $10.

The members of the Paris Harp Duo are Elizabeth Jaxon and Marta Power, both of whom are studying and making music careers in Paris, France. The duo strives to bring the richness of two harps to music otherwise beyond the possibilities of a single instrument. With the variety of textures and the increased technical capabilities which two harps allow, they also seek to enrich their instrument's repertoire through transcriptions as well as new compositions.
Elizabeth Jaxon obtained her Bachelor's of Music in harp performance at the University of Illinois (UIUC), under the instruction of Ann Yeung. She is now continuing her studies in Paris with Isabelle Perrin at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, where she earned her Diplôme Supérieur d'Exécution and is pursuing her Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste. She has successfully participated in several masterclasses and competitions; most recently she was awarded 3rd prize in the Camac harp competition of the North London Festival of Music and 2nd prize at the first international harp competition of Szeged, Hungary.
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Marta Power earned her Diplôme Supérieur d'Exécution in Harp Performance from the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris in 2006, where she is currently pursuing the Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste under the continued guidance of Isabelle Perrin. In the same year she received her Licence de Musicologie from the Sorbonne University in Paris. Having lived in Paris since 2001, Ms Power has had the opportunity to solo with the Orchestre de la Société Symphonique et Chorale de la Poste et France Télécom as well as participate in several masterclasses. Ms Power has won prizes in many international harp competitions including the 4th International Felix Godefroid Harp Competition in Belgium, the UFAM Competition in Paris, the Camac Harp Competition of the North London Festival of Music and Drama in England, the 12th European Music Competition of Picardy in France, and the Salvi Le Parnasse competition in Paris. She is currently the harp professor at the Académies Inter Musicales de Paris and leads an active private harp studio.

Alejandro Acierto, clarinet; Isabel Castellvi, cello

The ai ensemble opens their second season with an exciting collaborative program of chamber and solo works including three world premieres by Nick DeMaison, Paul Pinto and Conrad Windslow. For this concert, the ai ensemble will perform chamber works with soprano and long time collaborator Amanda DeBoer on works that include Jonathon Harvey's Chu for soprano, contrabass clarinet and cello and featuring solo works by Georges Aperghis, Keeril Makan, and Giacinto Scelsi.

The program includes:

* Four premieres of new works written for ai ensemble by Conrad Winslow (NY) Two Threads, Nick DeMaison (NY) Black Wheels, Paul Pinto (NY) mini_004

* Chu by Jonathon Harvey for Soprano, Contrabass Clarinet & Cello with guest artist Amanda DeBoer

* Solo works by Keril Makan Zones d'accord (cello), Georges Aperghis Recitation No. 12 (for solo voice), Giacinto Scelsi Ixor (for clarinet)

SMILE an installation by Aay Preston-Myint
Friday, January 4, 7-11pm
Show runs from January 4th through January 19th

SMILE is a participatory installation in which viewers can use props,
backdrops and costumes to stage photos predicting the mutating beings
and environments that will soon populate our future wastelands.

DRESS TO THRILL - THE END IS NIGH

Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee
2nd Floor
Chicago, IL

Gallery hours are Saturdays from 1-5pm or by appointment.

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Marci Cole's donation yoga has moved to Tuesdays at 6pm.